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MOVIES

De Niro’s ‘Analyze This’ Sequel Is Still on Track

Post-Sept. 11, one film project is going full speed ahead: a sequel to “Analyze This,” the 1999 mobster-on-the-couch hit comedy starring Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal.

Jane Rosenthal, De Niro’s partner in Tribeca Film, told a symposium organized by the New Yorker magazine Thursday that shooting will begin in February in New York. The title? “Analyze That.”

Still, Rosenthal added, another of her projects needs retooling after the attack on the World Trade Center, just blocks from Tribeca’s offices.

“Showtime,” a Warner Bros. “action comedy” with De Niro and Eddie Murphy, was a hit at a screening Sept. 10, she said, with the audience laughing on cue when a bad guy is hurled from a window.

Now it’s being reworked as a “comedy with some action,” with an eye toward release early next year.

POP/ROCK

Behind-the-Scenes Look at Grammy Decision

Although the 44th annual Grammy Awards will be held Feb. 27 at Staples Center, Los Angeles’ four-year hold on the record industry show was almost broken.

Grammy organizers briefly explored a plan to move the event to New York as a statement of support after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

All but one of the shows have been held in either Los Angeles or New York.

“We had decided to come back here before Sept. 11, but we did as much as we possibly could at the last minute to see if we could switch it to New York,” Michael Greene, president and chief executive officer of the recording academy, said following a Staples Center press conference Thursday. “We require 10 contiguous days of a facility to produce the show, and we just couldn’t get into Madison Square Garden.”

Greene hopes to do a live satellite segment from New York during the telecast as a “morale builder.”

Snoop Dogg Charged With Possession

Rap star Snoop Dogg was charged with marijuana possession after Ohio state troopers stopped two of his tour buses for speeding near Cleveland on Wednesday and found several bags of marijuana. The singer is traveling on a concert tour titled Puff, Puff, Pass 2001.

Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, was charged with possession of marijuana, a minor misdemeanor, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Rubio, Shakira Top Ritmo Latino Awards

Mexican singer Paulina Rubio topped the list of winners Thursday at the Ritmo Latino Music Awards, a people’s choice contest sponsored by the chain of music stores.

Rubio was honored with album of the year for “Paulina Rubio,” and also won for best pop artist and best music video for “Y yo sigo aqui.”

Shakira, the Colombian singer-songwriter who hopes to dent the U.S. market with her first English-language album next month, won two awards at the Shrine Auditorium event: She was declared People en Espanol’s most popular artist in the United States, as well as best rock en espanol artist.

Lupillo Rivera was named overall artist of the year. Other winners included Vicente Fernandez, Los Tigres del Norte, Juan Gabriel and Joan Sebastian.

The ceremony will be aired by Telemundo on Oct. 28. The awards are determined by a nationwide popular vote.

Jackson’s Benefit Disc on the Horizon

Michael Jackson has finished recording “What More Can I Give”--a benefit disc inspired by the Sept. 11 attacks and expected to be released in the next month.

He is joined on the record by Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey, Carlos Santana, Celine Dion and Tom Petty, among others.

Jackson is scheduled to perform the song Sunday during the “United We Stand” benefit concert at Washington, D.C.’s RFK Stadium, which ABC will televise a portion of on Nov. 1.

TELEVISION

‘Together’ Targets Post-Attack Prejudice

Ten local TV news departments have banded together to produce a 30-minute special designed to help combat intolerance and prejudice in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.

The special, “Together,” will contain individual segments contributed by KCBS, KNBC, KTLA, KABC, KCAL, KTTV, KCOP, KCET, KMEX, and KVEA. It will be introduced by a collection of anchors from all the stations.

“Together” came out of an Oct. 5 meeting of the stations called by Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca. The special will first air tonight at 10:30 on KCAL, and at various times through the weekend on all the stations.

Another ‘Seinfeld’ Alum Gets a Sitcom Shot

NBC has ordered 12 episodes of the tentatively titled “22 Minutes With Eleanor Riggs,” starring “Seinfeld’s” Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a lounge singer in Los Angeles.

The title of the show refers to the fact that the action plays out in real time. Louis-Dreyfus will do her own singing in the filmed, single-camera comedy.

The series, which was created by Louis-Dreyfus’ husband, Brad Hall, is slated to debut in March, following NBC’s coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

Carsey-Werner-Mandabach is the studio producing the series, which marks the third sitcom for the core cast of “Seinfeld” since that show left the air in 1998.

Michael Richards was seen in NBC’s “The Michael Richards Show,” which was canceled shortly after debuting last season, and Jason Alexander is currently in ABC’s “Bob Patterson,” which, since it debuted Oct. 1, has struggled in the ratings.